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Engineering at University of North Carolina at Asheville

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what University of North Carolina at Asheville has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 3,363. In 2021, 28 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UNCA.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UNCA Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

UNCA Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UNCA performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at UNCA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Engineering Schools 480

Engineering Student Demographics at UNCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of North Carolina at Asheville.

UNCA Engineering Bachelor’s Program

14% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 86% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

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About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UNCA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 22
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

UNCA also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at University of North Carolina at Asheville. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of North Carolina at Asheville. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering 28

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers 30,580 $103,280
Industrial Engineers 9,160 $87,110
Civil Engineers 8,840 $86,270
Mechanical Engineers 8,000 $87,470
Systems Software Developers 7,070 $105,760

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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